ab-dicō āvī, ātus, āre, to disown, disavow, reject: ubi plus mali quam boni reperio, id totum abdico atque eicio: abdicari Philippum patrem, Cu.--With se and abl, to give up an office before the legal term expires, resign, abdicate (cf. depono, to lay down an office at the expiration of the term): dictaturā se abdicat, Cs.: se consulatu: respondit aedilitate se abdicaturum, L.--Once absol. (of consuls), to abdicate, resign, C.--With acc: abdicato magistratu, S.: causa non abdicandae dictaturae, L.